Tag Archives: alzheimers
Carers are asked to give their views
Care views are wanted
PEOPLE who use care services in Central Beds are being asked to pinpoint the priorities for reform on the Social Care System.
Dementia patients and carers make a charity CD single for Christmas
Musical Minds hits a high note this Christmas: singing group of people with dementia and carers release charity CD single
An inspiring local singing group in East Ayrshire, made up of people with dementia and their carers, have launched a charity CD single for Christmas. The group, called Musical Minds, worked closely with internationally renowned tenor singer, Martin Aelred, to produce a double A-side CD for Christmas 2011. The songs featured are ‘If We Hold on Together’ by Diana Ross and ‘Those Were the Days (My Friend)’.
Carers look forward to Fridays to have a sing song
Singing groups offer people with dementia, and their carers, a chance to socialise and sing with other people in the same situation. The Alzheimer’s Society runs ‘Singing for the Brain’ groups in England.
“It seemed to me a way of giving people confidence,”
Chreanne Montgomery-Smith, co-founder of Singing for the Brain
Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) that is associated with a progressive decline of the brain and its functions. These include:
- thinking
- language
- memory
- understanding
- judgment
